Have you ever wondered if gypsy moth larvae do better when reared on artificial diet or on leaves? So did we! And now our research on it is published in Environmental Entomology! Click on the title below for the PDF!

Performance of Wild and Laboratory-Reared Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): A Comparison between Foliage and Artificial Diet
Kristine L. Grayson; Dylan Parry; Trevor M. Faske; Audrey Hamilton; Patrick C. Tobin; Salvatore J. Agosta; Derek M. Johnson
Environmental Entomology 2015;
doi: 10.1093/ee/nvv063

Diet v Foliage paper